Agriculture

PepsiCo and Cambridge University recently unveiled the i-crop, a web-based system that could reduce agricultural water waste by 50 percent. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacesquirrel/83995462/">Photo:zekasaur (flickr)</a>

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PepsiCo’s I-Crop Refreshes Water Waste Systems

This article was republished in The Christian Science Monitor.

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Turning air into water

Even in the driest of deserts, there’s a hidden water source: the air.

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Five things to know about the 7 billionth human

Anger over food prices helped lead to Muammar el-Gadhafi's assassination Thursday. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/home_of_chaos/3632276546/in/photostream/">Thierry Ehrmann (flickr)</a>

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Did global warming kill Gadhafi?

Muammar el-Gadhafi gave Libya's people plenty of reasons to hate him. But it may have taken climate change to do him in.

Within a few years, cheap sorghum-based beer might be the newest gift of the Nile to drinkers and farmers alike. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tattoodjay/3499979468/in/photostream/">Photo: Tattooed JJ (Flickr)</a>

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Will sorghum beer become Africa's first macrobrew?

With barley beer priced out of reach and homebrewed banana beer sending people to the hospital, SABMiller is testing a new ingredient for its African alcohol: sorghum.

The Ganges River Delta, in Pakistan, could be feeding a lot more people. Photo: <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunarandplanetaryinstitute/5039101579/”> Lunar Planetary Institute (Flickr)</a>

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Why we have enough water

This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.

A cashew nut farmer on the island of Flores, located in the Nusa Tenggara Timur province of Indonesia. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jelle/2330986745/in/set-72157604109125532/">jasperwiet (flickr)</a>

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Redefining the poverty line in Indonesia

Indonesia is setting its own poverty line at less than $1 a day. When a country comes up with its own definition of "poverty", can global policy makers trust it.

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The Tricky Business of Feeding Oneself on a Dollar a Day

Over one billion people live on less than one dollar a day, according to the U.N. But what can you actually buy with a dollar?

Could the meat you eat one day be born in this? Photo:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29388462@N06/5434154393/sizes/m/in/photostream/">chesbayprogram (flickr)</a>

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Test-Tube Meat: Could it Feed the World One Day?

Historically, meat has been for the world’s rich. Lab-grown meat could change that forever—while helping solve the environmental and resource dilemmas of the future.

The drought this year has reduced China's normal rainfall by 40 to 60 percent. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fepigio/142166045/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Photo: otrocalpe (flickr)</a>

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Raising Prices Means Reducing Waste: Peter Orszag on Chinese Water

Crisis is lurking on the world's most valuable commodity: water. The answer, a former U.S. official says, is raising its price.

Mariama Zachary and Akua Azaiz tend to cocoa beans on a drying table in Ghana. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48639212@N02/5574716960/">Gates Foundation (flickr)</a>

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G-20 Searches for Answers to Food Crisis

Food prices are exceeding record highs—prompting policymakers worldwide to take action. A recent meeting of the G-20 agriculture ministers has given reason for hope, but many obstacles to less expensive food remain.

View of the Samtskhe-Javakheti Region. Photo: Justin Cruanes

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Cash Cows: On the Ground with Georgia's Dairy Industry

My cab driver was yelling something that sounded like "khows, khows!" I hadn't the faintest idea what he was talking about until I saw the spotted figures in the distance and realized he was saying "cows."

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